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BiggAdd
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Posted: 12th Mar 2008 16:31 Edited at: 31st Mar 2008 19:05
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Hello!
On the frosty hour of Yestermorn... I found myself holding up a small corner shop, with nothing but a wooden spoon and a crude drawing of Tom Hanks.
I now find myself with the necessary funds to purchase a computer box... and the intricate cogs, wheels and pulley systems to put in said box.
After an arduous search on the inter-web, I have comprised a list of shiny shiny parts to build a fine system.

What I would like to know is, Will they all work together?

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Processor:
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 Socket 775 3GHz (1333MHz) L2 12MB
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Motherboard:
Asus motherboard P5E LGA775 Intel X38 DDR2 ATX
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Memory:
OCZ 4GB Kit (2x2GB) DDR2 1000MHz/PC2-8000 Memory REAPER X EDITION ENHANCED BANDWITH CL5
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Case:
ThermalTake Armour LCS case silver with window + Liquid cooling system VE2000SWA
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PSU:
Coolermaster PSU Real Power M700 700W
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HDD:
Samsung 500GB SATA II 300 Hard Disk Drive 16MB cache 7200rpm oem
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DVD Drive:
Samsung DVD RW SH-S203 BEBN SATA Black 20x +/-R/RW RAM DL oem
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Also I'd like to know if it will be possible to overclock the CPU with this hardware, I know the QX9650 overclocks well on air, just will the motherboard cope?

Thanks for your time!

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Also the Memory is PC2-8000, but the motherboard only supports:

Supported RAM Speed
PC2-6400, PC2-5300, PC2-9600, PC2-8500

Will this be compatible?

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Posted: 12th Mar 2008 16:39 Edited at: 12th Mar 2008 16:40
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Not sure about the RAM but everything else is compatible. Yeah, it will OC pretty nicely, ASUS makes (and selles) some nice stuff. I would look at some different RAM.

What about the video card?


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Where is the video card?

Anyways I dunno as been ages since made my own. Personally I would go to Overclockers.co.uk and see what they spec up for an overclocked effort. Something like this:-
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-005-OC

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Posted: 12th Mar 2008 16:45 Edited at: 12th Mar 2008 16:57
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Quote: "Where is the video card?"

I recently bought a new graphics card because my old one burnt out. Its only an ATi X1650 pro.

Quote: "Personally I would go to Overclockers.co.uk and see what they spec up for an overclocked effort."

Thanks for the link, I will scope out the site. [edit] Had a look and I can say I'm definitely tempted, the problem is though i'm forced to buy it with a Graphics card, which I don't want at the moment. Also there are so many people complaining about crappy parts and problems with the PC for so many different companies, that I just wanted to try do it myself.

Quote: "Not sure about the RAM but everything else is compatible."

Yeh, the Ram is the only one that has stumped me. I'd like to keep the Ram that I've found up there, But I'm having trouble finding a motherboard that specifically caters for the PC2-8000.

Hopefully I'd like to push the CPU to 4GHz or more. Thats why I've chose a case with water cooling.

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Posted: 12th Mar 2008 17:29
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Quote: "Had a look and I can say I'm definitely tempted"
Ah, what I meant was look at what their specifications are and copy the bits they use. I mean their stuff comes overclocked (Quad core effort linked to is running at 3.3Ghz with no worries I believe) so by copying what they used you should be pretty safe.

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Posted: 12th Mar 2008 17:34 Edited at: 12th Mar 2008 17:37
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Aaa I see! Thanks for the tip. I've actually just spoken to a friend from Uni. He's a PC building nutter.
He says the Memory will work fine withe he Mobo, the PC2-8500 covers the PC2-8000, Also hes overclocked his Quad to 5GHz, on air!

Thanks for your help guys. Looks like the build will go ahead soon!

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Quote: "Quad to 5GHz, on air!"


really?!? the highest I've heard is around 4.20 on a dual core and i got my e6850 up to 3.80, do you know what heat sink and case he is using?

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He said just the standard one that comes with his motherboard, but he added a decent fan, also it is 2 heatsinks... one on top of the other.
He overclocked a 2.67Ghz Quad to 5GHz.

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I wish I had the guts to build my own pc!

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Quote: "I wish I had the guts to build my own pc!"


I wish I had the money to build my own pc, lol


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This isn't corrupt a wish!

Yeh I'm pretty nervous about it, but it shouldn't be hard.

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Thats what I said about overclocking. My video card almost died.

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Quote: "This isn't corrupt a wish!"


And...

Quote: "Yeh I'm pretty nervous about it, but it shouldn't be hard. "


Never built my own but I've replaced parts. Just make sure you release the static electricity from your body before you touch any of the parts.


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There are wristbands for that that you hook to the ground or something! get that!

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Quote: "There are wristbands for that that you hook to the ground or something! get that"


Yea that works, or you can make sure the computer's pluged in and touch the case.


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Quote: "Just make sure you release the static electricity from your body before you touch any of the parts."


I'm sorry, but everything you say now... it just doesn't sound right

Yeh I was going to get one of those wrist band majoggers (/not real word)

Also i'm not going to overclock until I'm certain I can do it safely (ie i'm going to mess around with the old PC first)

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ha, majoggers.
Yeah, with this rig, you wont really need to overclock.

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Quote: "Yeah, with this rig, you wont really need to overclock."

Yeh, I'll just like the option to in the future, if needs be.

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Quote: "Thats what I said about overclocking. My video card almost died.
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Then you did it wrong/too far. Don't OC by 1000Mhz at a time.


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by glancing at the parts, they look like they would fit together quite nicely. no guarantees though

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No, I did it at 4mhz at a time, but the guide said little white dots would appear soon. They didn't, the pc suddenly crashed.
Same with the CPU.

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Bummer. Sounds like a bad guide.


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Not sure, I referred to several. There is poroblby something little I shouldve done or something. Oh well... I can live without shadows in crysis.

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Right well I've ordered all the parts. Should arrive tomorrow, hopefully!

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some1 is gonna have a fun day tomorrow

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Indeed!

Or an equally terrifying/stressful day.

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lol well it is your first so yer it will be, but if you have some idea what you are doing it should be fine. 1st time i made my pc it didnt work. I though i blew something up. Turned out the mobo spacers were to small and the mobo was shorting out

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I built my first one(I'm using it now) and it's honestly not that hard, though I did need a few cable converters. I used this tutorial.

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/build-a-computer.htm

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Strange BiggAdd, my new video card is supposed to arrive today.


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good luck biggadd!


thanks for that tutorial link.

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Just a warning, the graphics card usually doesn't give much of a boost when over-clocked. Go ahead and do it if you want to take the risk, but remember that the cost will probably outweigh any gain.
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PCs are easy, Laptop is always a good challenge for me to repair and stuff. Infact, i just started my project of building a rugged laptop

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Its alive! Thanks for all your help guys!

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Cool! is it really fast?

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Yeh its pretty fast. A definite major improvement from my old:
P4 3.2GHz
DDR400 1GB
Ati X600 pro graphics.

I'm pretty happy with it!

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Some pics:

Need to order some cable sleeves!!!!

Case.


My new Intuos3!


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